Sharon Kay Penman (1945–2021)
Auteur de Here Be Dragons
A propos de l'auteur
Sharon Kay Penman was born in New York City on August 13, 1945. She received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law. She worked as a tax lawyer before becoming a full-time writer. She wrote The Sunne in afficher plus Splendour, which chronicled the life of Richard III, while she was a student and a tax lawyer. After finishing the manuscript, her only copy was stolen from her car. She eventually rewrote the book and it was published in 1982. Her other works include Here Be Dragons, The Reckoning, When Christ and His Saints Slept, The Queen's Man, Cruel as the Grave, Dragon's Lair, Prince of Darkness, Lionheart and A King's Ransom. She won the 2001 Career Achievement Award for Historical Mysteries from Romantic Times. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: © William Penman, Jr.
Séries
Œuvres de Sharon Kay Penman
A Queen in Exile 1 exemplaire
The Sunne in Splendour, Part 1 of 3 1 exemplaire
Justin de Quincy 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Penman, Sharon Kay
- Date de naissance
- 1945-08-13
- Date de décès
- 2021-01-22
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- VS
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, VS
- Lieu du décès
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
- Cause du décès
- pneumonia
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
New Jersey, USA - Études
- University of Texas, Austin (BA ∙ History)
Rutgers University (JD) - Professions
- lawyer
historical novelist - Agent
- Molly Friedrich (Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency)
Mic Cheetham (Anthony Sheil Associates, Ltd.) - Courte biographie
- Sharon Kay Penman was born in New York City and grew up in New Jersey. She majored in history at the University of Texas at Austin, and received a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law. She worked as a tax lawyer before becoming a writer. While still a student, she started to research and write her first novel, The Sunne in Splendour (1982), a fictional account of the life of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III of England. However, after the only copy of her manuscript was stolen from her car, she was devastated and gave up writing for several years. Eventually she was inspired to begin again, and 12 years later, while practicing law at the same time, had produced the 936-page novel. In the early 1980s, she began publishing the "Welsh Trilogy" of historical novels set in medieval Wales. It was followed by the "Plantagenet series," novels about the life of King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. In 1996, she published the first in a series of medieval mystery novels, The Queen's Man. It was named a finalist for an Edgar Award for Best First Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America.
Membres
Discussions
Rest in Peace Sharon Kay Penman à Historical Fiction (Septembre 2021)
Chronological Sharon Kay Penman Books Challenge à Historical Fiction (Août 2021)
Sharon Kay Penman à Historical Fiction (Février 2017)
GROUP READ: Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman à 2013 Category Challenge (Novembre 2013)
GROUP READ: Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman à 2013 Category Challenge (Septembre 2013)
2013 GROUP READ Dicussion - When Christ and His Saints Slept à 2013 Category Challenge (Février 2013)
Critiques
I admit it: I probably would have rated this book a star or so higher if I hadn't gone into it with such high expectations. I adore Bujold's Vorkosigan series, and I was expecting to really like this. But... eh. It never captured me, and while I grew to appreciate the world she created, it never excited or intrigued me. I fully predicted a handful of the major plot points.
The plot is original, and while the characters never spring to life, they aren't obnoxious. In the end, though, I just didn't really enjoy reading it. (It did make me want to go back and reread all the Vorkosigan books from start to finish, though!)… (plus d'informations)
The plot is original, and while the characters never spring to life, they aren't obnoxious. In the end, though, I just didn't really enjoy reading it. (It did make me want to go back and reread all the Vorkosigan books from start to finish, though!)… (plus d'informations)
Beautifully done. This sweeping historical novel about the Plantagenets and the War of the Roses provided a different look at the all to brief reign of England's Richard III and the earlier, longer reign of his older brother, Edward IV. Most of what has come down to us in history derives from the Tudors' "winner's history," but Ms. Penman has excavated contemporaneous writings from the period of the Plantagenet reign to give life to and a very different dimension to that family.
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Five star books (1)
Historical Fiction (10)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 17,548
- Popularité
- #1,259
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 492
- ISBN
- 182
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 185
Obviously reading it for the first time in 2024 changes how I came to it as a reader. The de-villianisation of Richard III has been going strong for a few years now, but I can imagine this would have been a very different and interesting take when first published.
In conclusion, my short, very reductive review of this book is that I did not expect to finish it having the hots for Richard III, but here I am.… (plus d'informations)